Snowflake Holiday Heirloom Brooch

Description

A holiday treasure: creamy perfection, edged in brilliant blue like the sky after a snowstorm, and brown bark glittering with frost...or brown bricks, like so much of downtown Portland! I took these pictures last winter, and included a few other pieces in these colors: my Stardust ring, and my Christmas Tree Ornament, on sale at my sister site, ChristmasOrnaments.Etsy.com...just a few of my favorite things.

This snowflake brooch starts with a single creamy cultured pearl, ringed with glass seed beads: a band of tiny charlottes, vintage faceted "three-cuts" in a cream luster and pure French copper glaze, as well as bright turquoise and dark blue iris. I've always loved blue and brown, and this is one my favorites. The points are tipped with tiny bronze pearls and 3mm Swarovski crystals.
This is woven in the Native American Comanche, or brick stitch, with a sturdy nickel silver brooch clasp, and like most of my woven work has a subtle curvature. It measures about 2 1/4" in daimeter.

Added on Nov 19, 2009